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NHS Deficits

I thank the Minister, and I shall not hold it against him that he has given way to his hon. Friends and colleagues, some of whom have not been present for the entire debate. He talked quite rightly about priorities in the funding stream. West Hertfordshire NHS Hospitals Trust has a brand new, 18-month-old birthing unit that taxpayers paid for. That important unit has been closed. We have an award-winning cardiac unit—cardiac health is a Government priority—that is going to close. There is a stroke unit—strokes are another priority for the Government—that is going to close. How does that bring health care to my constituents?